Monday, December 29, 2008

Disney... not the happiest place on earth!!

Well as our time in Florida neared to an end we cannot of went all the way to Orlando without doing something Disney now could we? We should of!!!

Charlie has been saying for days "I want to see animals" So we decide that Animal Kingdom would be the Disney park we visit. We wanted to wait till after nap time so that Charlie was up to the park plus it was a bit cold out so we thought the afternoon would be better.
Well the place was packed! Charlie and Daddy waited in line for 40 minutes for a 60 second ride. Then we headed to the safari ride which took about 20 minutes to walk They had the paths blocked for the parade. You could not move and it was just over crowded some guy tries to use his stroller to cut around Chaz who was following right behind me and carrying Charlie, we lost our friends in the crowd. When we did finally make it to the Safari ride there was a 90 minutes wait.
We decided at this point we were leaving, this place was a mad house. So we trek out which was worse going out then in people were just being rude and shoving and just not even trying to be considerate of others. We find our friends and head to guest service's where Chaz goes to stand in line, he is next in line and this lady cuts around the line and sign that says to form one line and wait until called. He is not happy and calls her on it and then turns to the Disney Representative and demand's his money back that this place is too crowded you cannot move and people are rude etc... the man tells him that they do not give refunds but they will make an exception. They have him fill out some paper and tell him this is an one time refund he is now on the Disney list. The Rep tells Chaz that the park is not any where near capacity. I would hate to see it at capacity!

On the tram ride back to the car I get talking to a couple... they say they have never seen the park, that busy and they live in the area and visit frequently They also tell me that the busiest day of the year at the Magic Kingdom is Christmas day that they close the gates by 9:15 A.M. because the park is at capacity. Would not that tick you off if you went all the way there and had your tickets then could not get in.
We thought we were ahead of the game but from talking to people it looks like we were literary a day late... the Christmas boom started on the 22nd.

2 comments:

Sikes Family said...

Sorry to hear it wasn't a great experience.

Unknown said...

Bummer.